Just gone 3pm on Christmas Day
so if you're worrying that your day may not be just "right", please don't worry! Christmas day was a beauty! See there are advantages of knowing someone in the Antipodes - you get advanced warning of how your day is going to be! LOL
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and Santa has been and is now wending his way towards your house!
Spent the morning with mum and "he who shall not be named". Brunch of croissants, cream cheese, bacon and hash browns plus the obligatory bubbles.
Adding to our joy today was news of the birth of my first "great-nephew" Khyler, born on Christmas Eve. His grandmother (one of my dearest friends) insists if she is to be called Granny then I must of course be known as Great Aunt Madcow! Of course she and I are in the unique postition of being the first 21 year olds to become Grandmother & Great Aunt! LOL
Here are some pics of a Kiwi Christmas including some of the Lutheran decorations mum made some ten years ago. Strangely enough the woman who taught her to make them was a Presbytarian Lay Minister but that quite 'fits' with mums family. Her mother Bessie was baptised in the Lutheran Church although she was the child of a devout Presbytarian. In the tiny settlement they lived in at the time there was only one church which was shared by all denominations. So if you needed a service of any kind you took "pot luck" as to who was the officiating minister and which religion you were "done" into! LOL.
Also included is one of mums nativity scene which I have always been very fond of. She puts it out each year and her small visitors delight in it. She being the indulgent woman she is around children, allows them to rearrange the setting at will. Past years the setting has included toy tractors and Kermit the Frog. This year however is rather more subtle. LOL
To finish off the panorama are some shots of her bourganvillia which is luscious this time of year, and the Christmas Lillies which grow rampant in her garden.
Wishing you all every good thing for you and yours these holidays!
Love & hugs to all
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping and Santa has been and is now wending his way towards your house!
Spent the morning with mum and "he who shall not be named". Brunch of croissants, cream cheese, bacon and hash browns plus the obligatory bubbles.
Adding to our joy today was news of the birth of my first "great-nephew" Khyler, born on Christmas Eve. His grandmother (one of my dearest friends) insists if she is to be called Granny then I must of course be known as Great Aunt Madcow! Of course she and I are in the unique postition of being the first 21 year olds to become Grandmother & Great Aunt! LOL
Here are some pics of a Kiwi Christmas including some of the Lutheran decorations mum made some ten years ago. Strangely enough the woman who taught her to make them was a Presbytarian Lay Minister but that quite 'fits' with mums family. Her mother Bessie was baptised in the Lutheran Church although she was the child of a devout Presbytarian. In the tiny settlement they lived in at the time there was only one church which was shared by all denominations. So if you needed a service of any kind you took "pot luck" as to who was the officiating minister and which religion you were "done" into! LOL.
Also included is one of mums nativity scene which I have always been very fond of. She puts it out each year and her small visitors delight in it. She being the indulgent woman she is around children, allows them to rearrange the setting at will. Past years the setting has included toy tractors and Kermit the Frog. This year however is rather more subtle. LOL
To finish off the panorama are some shots of her bourganvillia which is luscious this time of year, and the Christmas Lillies which grow rampant in her garden.
Wishing you all every good thing for you and yours these holidays!
Love & hugs to all
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